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Friday, 5 September 2014

It Is Unlawful To Inherit The Women Of Deceased Kinsmen

LESSON
# 486 FROM HOLY QUR’AN

It Is Unlawful To Inherit The Women Of Deceased Kinsmen

Surah NISAAA’ (WOMEN) - Chapter - 4)

Verses
–19 of 176, Section –3/24 (Part – 4)

O ye who believe! It is not lawful for you to
inherit the women (of your deceased kinsmen) forcibly, nor (that) ye should
put constraint upon them that ye may take away a part of that which ye have
given them, unless they be guilty of flagrant lewdness. And consort with them
in kindness, for if ye hate them it may happen that ye hate a thing wherein
Allah hath placed much good

After telling about the lewdness and its
punishment, now that tyranny of the ignorance is being obstructed which used to
be upon the women. There was prevalent in to them that whenever any male died,
then either deceased person’s step-son or brother or his any heir used to take
hold of his wife. If he wished, either he used to marry her or keep her in his
house without marriage, or let her married to some other male and used to get
her Mahr (the money or its value incumbent
on the husband) from him, or keep her in his own custody entire life and used
to become heir of her wealth and property.

It has been ordered in the Holy Qur’an that
whenever any male expires, then her wife have authority about her marriage. Any
brother or heir of the person died has not this power to get married with her
forcibly. If the woman be guilty of flagrant lewdness then she should be
stopped. Otherwise, you should consort with the women in kindness and good
behavior. If you do not like any habit of any woman, then have patience. It may
happen that she would have much good. You do not know that what Allah Almighty
has kept gain for you in to her. Personal sense of the human being is weak and
knowledge is limited. Knowledge of Allah Almighty is much vast and unlimited.

Advantages Of Positive Thought: Positive thinking means, “Meditate in sound
sides also if you find any form of badness in any work or thing because it may
happen that goodness have more better sides in to it than its bad sides or
sound side may be more useful for you”. For example; one’s wife is ugly but she
has good children from such male. Then the result will be that his wife will
slip away as well as his children will also be left and he would face such
bitterness, mental torture, war for getting his childrenand fights for rights during remaining entire life that he
will never feel relax.

Likewise, any person has been appointed in an
office but he is not liked. Nevertheless, due to him, the system of the office
is running very smoothly. Now although it is not liked to keep him in service,
but kicking him out only due to unlikeness will ruin the entire system. Therefore,
it is much better to bear such person keeping in view his/her advantages on
such appointment.

Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall, Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’an published By Idara Islah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated
Urdu to English by Muhammad Sharif).